Pin-protector.



No. 727,220. PATENTED MAY 5', 1903.. I

O. SHERMAN.

PIN PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

WITNESSS! i l I INVENTOR W M 066% LSZeIm/afl/ BY ATTORNEY Patented May5, 1903.

OSCAR SHERMAN, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PlN-PROTECTO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,220, dated May1903' Application filed February 4, 1903. Serial No. 141,802. (Nomodel.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known'that I, OSCAR SHERMAN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson, Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Protectors, of which the following is a specilication. 1 V

This invention relates to means for securing pins and the like in place;audits object is the production of a clamping device that can be securedto a scarf-pin, brooch, and the like to prevent the same from becomingaccidentally dislodged from the scarf or other material to which it isclamped.

Figure 1 represents a side view of a scarf with my invention applied toan ordinary scarf-pin without a clasp. Fig. 2-shows my invention appliedto the pin of a brooch with a clasp. Fig. 3 represents a partialvertical axial section of the invention and its accompanying pin. Fig. 4is a partial top View of Fig. 8. Fig. 5 represents an outside elevationof a detail. Fig. 6 is a top view of Fig. 5.

The invention comprises a barrel A, which contains longitudinallytherethrough a central openin ga, gene rally somewhat larger than theaverage diameter of the pin B to be inserted therein. The said barrel iscounterbored at a to form a seat for a combined clasp and guide 0, whichlatter is held in place in the barrel by a ring of solder D. The barrelis drilled and tapped for a thumb-screw E, which latter bears againstthe pin B and holds it securely in place in the said barrel.

The clasp and guide 0 comprises a tapering barrel with longitudinalslotted openings 0, and at its-lower end there is formed thesupporting-collar 0 To secure my clamping device to a pin, the screwE isunscrewed an amount sufficient to insert a pin 13 through the opening a,and the said pin is then clasped and held in position by the clasp andguide 0, which latter prevents the clamping device from becomingdisengaged with the pin while screwing up the screw E to securely holdthe pin in the barrel A. Should'the screwE become unscrewed, the clasp Cwill still prevent the pin B becoming dislodged from the material towhich it is applied.

In Fig. 1 it will be noted that the end of the clasp O pierces thematerial of the scarf, and should it be attempted to pull out the pin Bby gripping the stone F, held by the pin, the barrel A would prevent itby being disconnected'from the material G of the scarf.

InFig. 2 the invention is shown attached to a ladys brooch, and it isevident that if the pin B becomes disengaged from its accompanying claspH the brooch is still securely held in place in the material I by thebarrel A of my invention.

It will be noted that my invention-on account of the large opening inthe barrel A can be attached to various diameters of pins, holdingvarious sizes of pins with equal security, and that the device is heldin place before the thumb-screw is screwed down by reason of thespring-clasp and guide 0 holding the device in place.

Having described my invention, I claiml. In a clamping device for a pin,the combination of a hollow barrel, a slotted springclasp extending fromthe barrel and axially in line therewith, and a screw secured in athreaded opening in the barrel and at right angles to the axis of thebarrel.

2. The combination of a pin,a barrel around the pin, a screw clampingthe pin and barrel together, and a slotted spring-clasp extending fromthe barrel and clamping thepin.

Signed at New York, county and State of New York, this 26th day ofJanuary, 1903.

OSCAR SHERMAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE P. FALL, CHARLES H. BURCKET-T.

